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lady-slipper

DEFINITIONS OF: lady-slipper

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n any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden

Synonyms:
ladies' slipper, lady's slipper, slipper orchid
Types:
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Cypripedium acaule, moccasin flower, nerveroot
once common rose pink woodland orchid of eastern North America
Cypripedium album, Cypripedium reginae, common lady's-slipper, showy lady slipper, showy lady's-slipper
pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip
Cypripedium arietinum, ram's-head, ram's-head lady's slipper
orchid of northern North America having a brownish-green flower and red-and-white lip suggestive of a ram's head
Cypripedium calceolus, Cypripedium parviflorum, yellow lady's slipper, yellow lady-slipper
maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan
California lady's slipper, Cypripedium californicum
often having many yellow-green orchids with white pouches growing along streams and seeps of southwestern Oregon and northern California
Cypripedium fasciculatum, clustered lady's slipper
clusters of several short stems each having 2 broad leaves and 2-4 drooping brownish to greenish flowers with pouches mottled with purple; British Columbia to central California and northern Colorado
Cypripedium montanum, mountain lady's slipper
leafy plant having a few stems in a clump with 1 white and dull purple flower in each upper leaf axil; Alaska to northern California and Wyoming
Cypripedium calceolus pubescens, large yellow lady's slipper
plant of eastern and central North America having slightly fragrant purple-marked greenish-yellow flowers
Type of:
orchid, orchidaceous plant
any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
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